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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "The morning after"
Crime [last item]: "Teen still critical after Front Street shooting"
First Unitarian Society: "Easter Sunday dinner for all with all the comforts of home"
Schools - Editorial, CN: "No show of respect by Superintendent in Plainfield"
..... - Letter: Adrian Mapp: "Vote Abdul-Haqq, Graves, Barksdale"
..... - Letter: Ellen Carter-Haygood: "It's time to repair top-heavy schools"
Obituary: "Ralph H. Wise, 76, caddie of first black golf pro"
Connections?
Food For Thought
..... - Butt receptacles: "Red Bank tells its businesses: Keep your butts off the street"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Cathedral International: "Perth Amboy church to break ground on new facility in Cranbury"
Union County: "Freeholders have trees for schools"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, The New York Times)
Shore Erosion - NYT: "Beachfront Property Owners Oppose Effort to Stop Erosion"
Abbott Schools: "2 Abbott districts challenge state, dispute basis for sharing costs"
'Christmas Tree' Fund - SL: "350 grants in limbo as Corzine investigates program"
..... - CN: "Grant program probe to end next week"
Menendez' Vacant House Seat: "House candidate Vas alleges backroom Corzine deal"Ramapough Shooting - SL: "At funeral with 2,000 mourners, grief and a call for justice"
..... - CN:
..... - Record: "Galvanized by grief"
..... - NYT: "At Tribe Member's Funeral, Mourners Express Outrage"Smoking Ban - SL: "Sighs of resignation, relief as Jersey ban takes effect"
..... - CN: "Bars prepare for effect of ban on business"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Why Newark matters"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here..... - Red Bank: "Red Bank tells its businesses: Keep your butts off the street"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
(Illustration, Edward Sorel, Rolling Stone)
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff - Rolling Stone: "Meet Mr. Republican: Jack Abramoff"
.......... - Emails - WP: "E-Mails Tie Former GSA Official Safavian to Abramoff"
..... - CIA Secret Prisons - Reuters: "Crunch Weeks Ahead for Europe's CIA Probes"..... - Plamegate - WP: "Judge in CIA Leak Case Threatens Gag Order"
.......... - Truthout: "Libby Filing: A Denial and a Mystery"
Iraq Embassy - SL: "Iraq's new U.S. Embassy is 104 acres of secrecy"
Rumsfeld - SL: "President defends Rumsfeld amid generals' dissent"
..... - NYT: "Rumsfeld Gets Robust Defense From President"
The Supremes - WP: "Once Again, Scalia's the Talk of the Town"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Image, The Christian Science Monitor)
Art: "The man who faked Rockwell"
Blogging: "The Left, Online and Outraged"
..... Wait! I thought it was the Right, online and outraged...Help! I'm getting confused...
Resegregating Public Schools: "Law Segregating Omaha Schools Divides Nebraska"
Strange but True Dept.: "Jazz lover fiddling with bass causes bomb scare on East Side"
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Aid - WP: "Waste in Katrina Response Is Cited"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TT - Trenton Times | *
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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "I - XIV"
Plain Talker: "School Board Candidates Share Views"
[Stories below: Scroll down to Union County section of online story]
July 4 Celebration: "Performers sought for July 4th concert"
Library: "1937 film 'Dead End' presented at public library"
Scholarships: "Scholarships available for Hispanic students"
Connections?
Food For Thought
..... - Doubledipping: "Fed Scrutiny of Sen. Bryant Shines Light on Connections in Trenton"
..... - Undocumenteds: "Path to Deportation Can Start With a Traffic Stop"..... - 100 Black Men: "Ex-official accused of siphoning cancer program funds"..... - No-bid Deals: "State yanks drug counseloring firms $2.7M contract"..... - Gunplay/Gangs: "Hillside boy, 14, held in drive-by shootings"
..... - Needle Exchanges: Tom Moran: "The blind objections to needle exchanges"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth: "School board candidates focus on tests, overcrowding"
Hillside: "School board candidates object to party-funded mailing"
..... Contenders, registered Dems, begrudge brochure's Republican comparison
Linden: "Only one contested race for Linden school board"
Roselle: "Candidates, $47M plan in upcoming school vote"
Scotch Plains: "Three budgets equal higher tax bills in Scotch Plains"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Legislature:
..... - Sen. Wayne Bryant: "Fed Scrutiny of Senator Shines Light on Trenton Connections"
Arts in Schools: "Online survey aims to gauge arts efforts in Jersey schools"
Budget: "Senate Dems speak out against Corzine sales tax hike"
..... - "Jersey's best and brightest stand to lose"
Brad Campbell: "Ex-state official's new job raises questions of ethics"
Health: "State mandates screening for postpartum depression"
Undocumented Immigrants: "Judge slams U.S. on immigration case involving Bergen man"
No-bid Deals: "State yanks drug counseloring firms $2.7M contract"
Needle Exchanges: Tom Moran: "The blind objections to needle exchanges"Smoking - SL: "Judge stubs out 11th-hour attempt to block ban"
..... - CN: "Judge says he won't delay smoking ban"
..... - NYT: "Jersey Joins 10 States in Banning Indoor Smoking"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Man vs. machine: Would Booker become James?"
.......... - "Newark mayoral front-runner viewed favorably around state".......... - "Booker sues James on nonprofit groups"............... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here
..... - Cape May: "Cape May's 2nd-Home Migration"..... - East Orange: "Ex-councilman in East Orange facing tax charges"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
(Picture, New York Times)
Rumsfeld - NYT: "More Retired Generals Call for Rumsfeld's Resignation"
............... A graphic detailing the generals and their comments is here
..... - Slate: "The Revolt Against Rumsfeld; Officer corps is getting restless"
..... - Reuters: "Retired US Iraq general demands Rumsfeld resign"
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - Newsweek: "America’s Secret Police?"
.......... - Wired: "AT&T Seeks to Hide Spy Docs"
............... - "Wiretap Whistleblower's Statement"
.......... - NYT: "Librarians Win as U.S. Relents on Secrecy Law"
............... Wherein the identity of the unnamed Connecticut library is revealed...
Iran - OpEd, SL: John Farmer "Bush's band of war-happy simpletons"
............... Farmer, former NJ attorney general, sharply criticizes the neocons........ - NYT: "Analysts Say a Nuclear Iran Is Years Away"
..... - Financial Times: "US ex-official Richard Armitage urges talks with Iran"
Iraq - Truthout: "Learning to Count: The Dead in Iraq"
..... - Prensa Latina: "New Italian PM to Pull Iraq Troops"
Military - Seattle PI: "Decorated Air Force nurse, barred over lesbianism, sues"
National Intelligence - SL: "Some fear intelligence boss hamstrung by bureaucracy"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Picture, New York Times)
Shoes?: "Stilt Walking Into Spring"
Art: "Christ's Passion re-imagined through the lens of present day torture, terror and tragedy"
..... An article by Gwynneth Leech, the artist whose work is featured in Plainfield Today today
Civil Rights: "FBI reviews 1946 lynching case to see if modern techniques could unearth data"
Eye Infections: "UMDNJ eye doctor's find puts Bausch & Lomb on the spot"
Geek Patrol: "A Pretty Good Way to Foil the NSA"
Illustration: "Illustrations by American Artists at the Dahesh Museum"
Marketing: "In the world of surveys, Seton Hall finds a niche: Sports"
Nicknames: "Mi, a Name I Call Myself. And You Are?"
Proms: "Prom-goers finding a date is expendable, as long as you have friends"
..... Reaching out to the prom generation, the Ledger has an online prom project,
..... more details here, and a 'Project Prom' blog here
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TT - Trenton Times | *
*Reminder: League of Women Voters school board candidates form is
tonight, 7:00 P.M., Plainfield Public Library, 8th and Park
Note: No PMUA garbage collection tomorrow, Good Friday.
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "e-Tearsheets: A useful idea whose time has come"
Crime:
..... - Shooting: "Teen critical after being shot in head across from McDonald's on Front Street"
..... - Drugs & Gun [2nd item]: "Plainfield trio arrested in Westfield on pot, gun charges"..... - Eluding Police: "Plainfield driver indicted in 3-town chase" Schools:
..... - Letter, CN: Barbara Sandford: "Abdul-Haqq will bring fresh ideas"
..... - Editorial, CN: "Abbott aid working, but locals should fund more"
Obituary: "Clovis A. Hussey, Plainfield Health Center board member"
Connections?
Food For Thought
..... - Preschool Scandal (Part 1): "How public money fed private greed"
........ - (Part 2): "No punishment for preschools: Why no one is prosecuted"........ - (Part 3): "Underpaid teachers demand their rights"........ - (Legislature): "Lawmakers demanding answers on preschools"..... - Cop Physicals: "Court upholds annual cop physicals, with drug screening"
..... - Guns: "Shooting in Newark: Man wanted to shoot someone to celebrate his birthday"
..... - Youth: "A guiding hand for urban youth; Men provide a positive alternative to the street life"..... - Development: "Trying to give a school site to a political donor in Elizabeth"..... - Unlawful failure to carry out duties: "Tax collector indicted for missing deposit"
..... - Bribery: "Newark official admits taking $24,000 in bribes"
..... - Academic Achievement: "Excellence celebrated in Newark with sports-style fanfare"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Edison: "Schoor-DePalma replaced in Edison; Mayor's effort to end pay-to-play"
Elizabeth: "SCC can't buy Elizabeth site or build on it"
.....The fight between Sen. Lesniak and the school board continues...on a new frontHillsborough: "Hillsboro places COAH burden on developers"
Linden: "Infestation of beetles dooms 300 Linden trees"
Summit: "A prayer to give peace a chance"
Union County: "Appellate court to hear suit over government document request forms"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez/Kean Race - SL: "Menendez widens fundraising gap over Kean to more than $4M"
..... - NYT: "Kean Adds $1.6 Million to War Chest"
..... - OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "Trying to duck the issues, Kean invites trouble"
Budget: "State tries to get savings past legal ban on budget borrowing"
Christianity: "Most Jerseyans consider the resurrection a factual retelling of events, poll finds"
Cop Physicals: "Court upholds annual cop physicals, with drug screening"Hospital Safety: "Reports create record of serious mistakes"
NJT: "Project to ease Manhattan traffic with additional concourse and station"
Smoking Law: "Ban goes farther than thought; No lighting up within 25 feet of buildings"
Superfund Sites: "New Jersey Dump Is Put Back on Superfund List"
Water Quality: "Court decision bolsters water protection rules; ruling a defeat for builders"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "A guiding hand for urban youth; Men provide a positive alternative to the street life"............... - "Salsaaaaa! Latin dance heats up Symphony Hall"............... - "Newark official admits taking $24,000 in bribes"
.......... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here..... - Newark/Orange: "Orange man sought in deadly shooting outside Newark bar"..... - East Orange: "Nonexistent companies in police billing scam"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - NYT: "Documents Show Link Between AT&T and Agency in Eavesdropping"
Dems - CSM: "Democrats eye big House gains"
..... - Energized by GOP scandals, they grow more confident of winning control of Congress.
Drugs - Independent/UK: "Colombia the real victim in failed war on drugs"
Immigration - WP: "Immigrant Bill Fallout May Hurt House GOP"
..... - Editorial, SL: "Restart immigration reform"
..... - NYT: "Strategy Sessions Fueled Immigrant Marches"
..... - Boston Globe: "GOP leaders to drop felony for immigrants"
..... - Guardian/UK: James K. Galbraith: "Morning in America again"
..... - AFP: "Latinos flex political muscle, but can they deliver votes?"
Iran - WP: "Rice Calls for 'Strong Steps' Against Iran"
Iraq - Government - SL: "Government in Iraq at a standstill"
..... - Going to War - WP: "Lacking Biolabs, Trailers Carried Case for War"
.......... - SF Chronicle: Robert Scheer: "Now Powell tells us"
National Archives - WP: "Agencies Removed Declassified Papers From Public Access"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
English Language: "English language nears the one million-word milestone"
Fast-food Fat: "Same fries, but fat varies by locale"
Gardening: "Successful seed starting" -- Valerie Sudol, best garden writer in US, imho!
.......... - "Native plants grab more of limelight"
Gas Prices: "Americans will buy SUVs even if gas hits $4 a gallon: Ford"Retail: "Nantucket Votes to Ban Chain Stores From Downtown"
Obituary: "Bobbie Nudie, Purveyor of Glitter to Rhinestone Cowboys"
Obituary: "William Sloane Coffin, Civil Rights and Peace Advocate"
..... Those of a certain age will remember Bill as the 1960s chaplain at Yale, who
..... advocated for civil rights and against the Vietnam war
Obituary: "June Pointer, Singer With the Pointer Sisters"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TT - Trenton Times | *
* Plainfield Health Center board member Clovis Hussey's obituary was in
today's Courier print edition, not online. Will post if it becomes available...
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Council's crime conference nets 'systemic'...'torment'..."
School Board Election: "LWV candidate forum Thursday night"
Community Issues: "Afternoon community forum at Blackberry's"
New Covenant Christian Academy: "Open house at New Covenant"
Letter, CN: Jan Jasper: "End cruel calf confinement"
Connections?
Food For Thought
..... - Eminent Domain: "Towns seizing waterfront industry for housing"
..... - Sweetheart Deals: "UMDNJ lease probed; Monitor to question Newark council head"..... - Cabbies & English: "State to review requirement that drivers speak English"..... - Aid to Cities: "East Orange's Bowser sees lean times ahead"..... - Development: "Big condo project for GE factory site"
..... - Violence: "A new push for real solutions to Newark's chronic violence"..... - Purchase Order Scams: "Trial opens for cop, wife in funds bilk"
Events for this week are here
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bridgewater: "Budget shift approved in special election; only 7.7 percent turnout"
Morristown & Erie Rwy.: "Freeholders see no big hike in freight rail traffic"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine: "Corzine gets moving on mass transit"
..... - "Governor enacts measures on child advocate, disabled"
Menendez' Vacant House Seat: "Vas not running in special primary for 13th District"
Abbott Schools: "Court to hear Abbott case"
Bias Claim: "Civil rights director accused of racial, sexual prejudice"
Budget - SL: "Groups implore lawmakers to restore trimmed funding"
..... - CN: "N.J.'s budget predicament rare problem among states"
Eminent Domain: "Towns seizing waterfront industry for housing"
Ethics Violations: "Former Commissioner Davy faces another probe"
Immigrants - OpEd, SL: Tom Moran: "Illegal immigrants and the wage factor"
Merck - Vioxx case: "Jurors: $9M penalty in Vioxx case; now goes to attorney general"
..... - Analysis: "Plaintiff's win may bring N.J. even more Vioxx cases"
Ramapough Shooting: "Family of dead tribal member plans to sue"
State Parks & Historic Sites: "Bond issue is sought for parks"
..... - CN: "Environmentalists say $40M not enough to aid state parks"
UMDNJ: "Sweetheart lease probed; Monitor to question Newark council head"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Booker has stash of cash for campaign"
.......... - Contributors: "Booker's campaign is star-powered as celebs write checks"
.......... - Editorial, SL: "Same as the old boss?"
.......... - OpEd, SL: Joan Whitlow: "'Guns and Hoses' and election poses" .......... - Council: "Council's brochure assailed; Defends 2 nonprofits' $80M"
.......... - Violence: "A new push for real solutions to Newark's chronic violence"
............... - The Ledger's Newark campaign blog is here, and the NY Times blog is here..... - East Orange: "East Orange's Bowser sees lean times ahead"
.......... - Development: "Big condo project for GE factory site"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Abramoff- Newsday: "E-Mails Show Abramoff's Donation Leverage"..... - Plamegate - Truthout: "An Updated Plamegate Timeline"
.......... - This is a keeper, especially since the spotlight has now turned on Bush and Cheney
........ - Editorial, Chicago Tribune: "Answers, Mr. Cheney"
Iran: They can't be this crazy, can they? And there won't be a politically convenient
war, will there? Read on...
..... - Editorial, NYT: "Military Fantasies on Iran"
..... - Truthout: "How Crazy Are They?"
..... - OpEd, NYT: "Yes He Would"
IRS - SL: "Senators push IRS for free electronic tax filing"
Voting Procedures - Tikkun: "Hand Counted Paper Ballots in 2008"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
SPORTS LINKS: Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
Anne Frank: "The letters alongside the diary of Anne Frank" - She was, after all, a teenager!
DNA Ancestry Tracking: "Seeking Ancestry in DNA Ties Uncovered by Tests"
Judaism: "Newer traditions into ancient rites of Passover" - Feminist seders?
..... - "Kosher wines grow more sophisticated"
Race Relations: "Princeton professor is awarded grant in racial-harmony project"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Reuters: "Louisiana officials say Katrina recovery wasteful"
..... - Newsday: "Fed Inspectors: Katrina Contracts Wasteful"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TT - Trenton Times | *
